nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, various democrats over the last couple of years have said the threshold should be raising taxes on incomes of a million dollars or more per year. so john boehner is saying let's go back to that. he thinks that would be the fair way to do it. and he believes this is the only way out right now. take a listen. >> our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> democrats like pelosi and schumer say what's changed, though, is that there was an election and the president campaigned on the idea that tax rates are going up for people making at least $250,000 per year or more. republicans have to accept that and they're willing to meet somewhere in the middle. but it's not going to be a million dollars. >> shepard: are democrats laughing or somewhere in the middle? >> they're laughing it offment jay carney was basically saying this is dead on arrival. while the senate majority leader harry reid said, look, he almost feels like this is a bad tv episode where the goal post keeps getting